I went shark fishing the other night. For those who know me, this is quite a feat to brag about. I hate fish – in fact, I am terrified of them. Even the tiny ones that swim around your feet in the ocean send me screaming. But I went shark fishing. And I survived. Since…
Dear Thirteen-Year-Old Me
When I was in Jr. High, I stopped eating. I pushed food around on my plate and made excuses for why it wasn’t consumed. Maybe it was to prove that I could do it – that I had control over something in my life. A boy that I liked asked another girl to a school…
Carry Me Home in Good Health
When Rory was born my whole world turned upside down. Like many new mothers, I was overwhelmed with every emotion under the sun. And with an intensity that has since been unmatched. I was swimming in a hormonal abyss – I cried all the tears, felt all the feelings, and wrote it all out as…
Road Trip Snacks for Dinner
I’ve been giving myself a lot of crap lately – both literally and figuratively. Literally by filling my body with all of the things that make me feel tired and sluggish. This baby has been craving breakfast cereals made for children (give me all the fruity pebbles and cinnamon toast crunch 🙌🏻). And figuratively by…
Embrace 2018
It has been more than a hot minute since I’ve set my fingers to firing off wisdom and wit on the world wide web. Since September 2016 to be exact. But I’ve got all of these thoughts swimming around in my head and you, lovely readers, get to bear witness to my musings. Every year…
One Year Wiser
Happy birthday, sweet boy! You have been on this earth for a whole year now. And I am a year wiser and stronger for loving you. You have been blessed with parents, grandparents, extended family, and friends who care for you deeply and have supported you (and me) since day one. It is because of…
Fear, Control, and Letting Go
I spent my morning reading sad blogs on the internet. Blogs about life and motherhood and balance and guilt. My heart is heavy, but I’m having trouble pinpointing the exact emotion. I think it’s somewhere between sadness and longing, fear and excitement, patience and anticipation. That uncomfortable space of the unknown. I am certain there…
Stitch Fix #5 – The Time I Actually Kept It All
Jen, my stylist, has done it again! I have come to the conclusion that she is my spirit animal, in fashionista form. For this fix I requested cute and trendy clothes to wear on our upcoming trip to New Orleans – and she did not disappoint!! When I got the notification that my fix had…
Run Away with me
There is a rug in my laundry room that says “Run Away with Me.” I cannot think of a more appropriate place for it to be, for it is in the mundane, day in and day out tasks of my life that I find myself wanting to escape. Don’t get me wrong – I love…
Fat Tuesday and #goals
You guys. It’s Fat Tuesday – the beginning of Mardi Gras! This is easily one of my favorite and least favorite of all the holidays. Although I am not in New Orleans celebrating this Mardi Gras season with the beloved Nanny Leah, I will definitely be participating from afar! Mardi Gras, which is literally French for “Fat…
Woods Take On The World 